Johnny Spanish

John "Johnny Spanish" Weiler (1890-29 July 1919) was a Jewish-American gangster and labor racketeer.

Biography
John Weiler was born in New York City, New York in 1890 to a Jewish family, and he pretended that he was related to the brutal Spanish Governor of Cuba, Valeriano Weyler, leading to him being nicknamed "Johnny Spanish" while running with the "Five Points Gang". In 1909, he began working with Nathan Kaplan, but Spanish and Kaplan became enemies when Kaplan fought Spanish over his girlfriend. On 29 July 1919, Johnny Spanish was gunned down by Kaplan's men at the entrance of a Manhattan restaurant.